zanzibar activities
ACTIVITIES
Zanzibar Activities
Take a full day trip takes you to the south of the island Kizimkazi. You will enjoy boating over the Indian Ocean in a motorboat while on the lookout for dolphins. You will get a chance to swim and snorkel with these highly intelligent creatures. Lunch will be taken on the shores of Kizimkazi. Then it is time to relax and unwind before heading back to Stone Town.
Highlights
- Immerse yourself in the tradition and culture of Zanzibar
- Historical town tours
- World class diving
- World class fishing
- Loads of exciting activities to choose from
- Beautiful white sand beaches
- Local seafood is a speciality
Stone Town Tour
A tour of Stone Town takes you to a place where history appears to stand still. With visits to the House of Wonders, the Palace Museum, the Old British Consulate(the place where the body of the late Dr Livingstone was kept and later sent to Britain), Sultan Palace, Custom House the Old Dipsensary and the Arab Fort amongst others, it is a fascinating look at the essence of Zanzibar. You will see Zanzibar’s bustling market, winding alleyways, ornately carved and studded doors, cathedrals and countless mosques! Stone Town has some excellent gift shops with plenty of souvenirs and handicrafts to choose from.
Duration: 3 hours
Spice Tour
In days past Zanzibar was known as a spice island, exporting cloves, vanilla, nutmeg and cardamom across the world. On the spice tour you will visit Kidichi Village to view the persian baths built in 1950 by Seyyid Said bin Sultan(First Sultan of Zanzibar) for his wife Princess Shehrzad(the grand daughter of Fateh All Shah of Persia). We will then continue on to Kizimbani Village to visit the spice farms. You will walk through a spice farm with your guide. Touch, smell and taste different spices and tropical fruits. Zanzibar offers many fresh varieties of spices and fruits including cardamon, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, ginger, vanilla sticks, lemon grass, nutmeg and many others. Tropical fruits that Zanzibar boasts are jack fruit, bread fruit, pineapples, bananas, coconut mangos, malady apples and many others. Rare plants such as henna bush, ylang yang(perfume tree), anator(lipstick tree) are also to be seen.
Duration: 3 hours